TheBreakdown
Full time16 November 2002
England
32–31
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2002Head-to-head

England won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson4–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson7–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson10–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson13–0
  6. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson16–0
  7. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson19–0
  8. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson22–0
  9. –TEngland try · Ben Cohen27–0
  10. –TEngland try · Ben Cohen32–0
  11. –CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke32–2
  12. –CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke32–4
  13. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke32–7
  14. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke32–10
  15. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke32–13
  16. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke32–16
  17. –TAustralia try · Elton Flatley32–21
  18. –TAustralia try · Elton Flatley32–26
  19. –TAustralia try · Wendell Sailor32–31

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Lewis MoodyFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Richard HillNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Mike TindallCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14James Simpson-DanielWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Mark ReganBench
  17. 17Robbie MorrisBench
  18. 18Danny GrewcockBench
  19. 19Lawrence DallaglioBench
  20. 20Andy GomarsallBench
  21. 21Austin HealeyBench
  22. 22Tim StimpsonBench

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Jeremy PaulHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4Dan VickermanSecond row
  5. 5Justin HarrisonSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Stirling MortlockWing
  12. 12Elton FlatleyCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Adam FreierBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18David GiffinBench
  19. 19David CroftBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Matt GiteauBench
  22. 22Scott StaniforthBench

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Context

All-time, England 29–27 Australia, 1 drawn in 57 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in
Australia going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.